Security scoring in a smart-sensored home

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10332059-B2
Application number	US-201414489162-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 17, 2014
Priority date	Mar 14, 2013
Publication date	Jun 25, 2019
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019

Abstract

This patent specification relates to apparatus, systems, methods, and related computer program products for providing home security objectives. More particularly, this patent specification relates to a plurality of devices, including intelligent, multi-sensing, network-connected devices, that communicate with each other and/or with a central server or a cloud-computing system to provide any of a variety of useful home security objectives.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a computing system, home data from a plurality of network-connected smart devices of a smart-home environment;
processing, with the computing system, the home data received from the plurality of network-connected smart devices of the smart-home environment;
generating, with the computing system, a security score and a suggestion for a user action based on the processed home data, wherein the security score numerically characterizes a level of security of the smart-home environment, and wherein performance of the user action is operative to improve the generated security score;
in response to the generating, presenting information to at least one user of the smart-home environment, wherein the presented information comprises identification of the suggestion for the user action;
in response to the presenting, obtaining, at the computing system from at least one network-connected smart device of the plurality of network-connected smart devices of the smart-home, improvement data that is indicative of performance of the user action;
in response to the obtaining, processing, with the computing system, the obtained improvement data;
improving the security score, with the computing system, based on the processed improvement data; and
storing, with the computing system, the improved security score, wherein the processed home data comprises at least one of:
capability data indicative of at least one capability of at least one network-connected smart device of the plurality of network-connected smart devices;
opportunity data indicative of at least one opportunity afforded to at least one network-connected smart device of the plurality of network-connected smart devices by at least one influencer of the smart-home environment; or
environmental data indicative of at least one behavioral characteristic of the smart-home environment.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the processed home data comprises capability data indicative of at least one capability of at least one network-connected smart device of the plurality of network-connected smart devices; and
the capability data comprises at least one of:
device capability data indicative of at least one capability of a particular network-connected smart device of the plurality of network-connected smart devices; or
network capability data indicative of at least one capability of a network of at least two network-connected smart devices of the plurality of network-connected smart devices.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one capability is independent of any influencers of the smart-home environment.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein:
the capability data comprises device capability data indicative of at least one capability of a particular network-connected smart device of the plurality of network-connected smart devices; and
the at least one capability of the particular network-connected smart device comprises at least one of:
a capability of a battery of the particular network-connected smart device;
a capability of a communication component of the particular network-connected smart device;
a capability of a security component of the particular network-connected smart device;
a capability of a sensing component of the particular network-connected smart device;
a capability of a processing component of the particular network-connected smart device; or
a capability of an output component of the particular network-connected smart device.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein:
the capability data comprises network capability data indicative of at least one capability of a network of at least two network-connected smart devices of the plurality of network-connected smart devices; and
the at least one capability of the network comprises at least one of:
a shared communication capability of the at least two network-connected smart devices; or
a combined sensing capability of the at least two network-connected smart devices.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the processed home data comprises opportunity data indicative of at least one opportunity afforded to at least one network-connected smart device of the plurality of network-connected smart devices by at least one influencer of the smart-home environment; and
the opportunity data comprises at least one of:
device opportunity data indicative of at least one opportunity afforded to a particular network-connected smart device of the plurality of network-connected smart devices by the at least one influencer of the smart-home environment; or
network opportunity data indicative of at least one opportunity afforded to a network of at least two network-connected smart devices of the plurality of network-connected smart devices by the at least one influencer of the smart-home environment.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein:
the opportunity data comprises device opportunity data indicative of at least one opportunity afforded to a particular network-connected smart device of the plurality of network-connected smart devices by the at least one influencer of the smart-home environment; and
the at least one opportunity afforded to the particular network-connected smart device by the at least one influencer of the smart-home environment comprises at least one of:
a power source of the smart-home environment provided for the particular network-connected smart device;
each currently enabled communication protocol of the particular network-connected smart device;
each currently enabled security feature of the particular network-connected smart device;
each currently enabled sensing feature of the particular network-connected smart device;
each currently enabled processing feature of the particular network-connected smart device; or
each currently enabled output feature of the particular network-connected smart device.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein:
the opportunity data comprises device opportunity data indicative of at least one opportunity afforded to a particular network-connected smart device of the plurality of network-connected smart devices by the at least one influencer of the smart-home environment; and
the at least one opportunity afforded to the particular network-connected smart device by the at least one influencer of the smart-home environment comprises a position of the particular network-connected smart device with respect to the smart-home environment.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein:
the opportunity data comprises device opportunity data indicative of at least one opportunity afforded to a particular network-connected smart device of the plurality of network-connected smart devices by the at least one influencer of the smart-home environment; and
the at least one opportunity afforded to the particular network-connected smart device by the at least one influencer of the smart-home environment comprises a position of the particular network-connected smart device with respect to the at least one influencer of the smart-home environment that has an undesirable effect on a sensing functionality of the particular network-connected smart device.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the at least one influencer comprises one of:
a vent;
a fireplace;
a window; or
an animal.

11. The method of claim 6 , wherein:
the opportunity data comprises device opportunity data indicative of at least one opportunity afforded to a particular network-connected smart device of the plurality of network-connected smart devices by the at least one influencer of the smart-home environment; and
the at least one opportunity afforded to the particular network-connected smart device by the a

Assignees

• Google Inc
• Google Llc

Inventors

• Matsuoka Yoky
• Sloo David
• Veron Maxime
• Honjo Shigefumi
• Guenette Isabel
• Malhotra Mark Rajan

Classifications

• G08B25/008

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• G08B19/005

  combined burglary and fire alarm systems · CPC title

• G08B15/002

  with occupancy simulation · CPC title

• G08B27/003

  Signalling to neighbouring houses · CPC title

• G06Q10/083 Primary

  Shipping · CPC title